Vaughn Taylor

Vaughn Joseph Taylor (born March 9, 1976) is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and Web.com Tour.

This article is about the professional golfer. For the actor, see Vaughn Taylor (actor).
Vaughn Taylor
Personal information
Full nameVaughn Joseph Taylor
Born (1976-03-09) March 9, 1976
Roanoke, Virginia
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight160 lb (73 kg; 11 st)
Nationality United States
ResidenceAugusta, Georgia
SpouseLeot Taylor
ChildrenLocklyn Vaughn Taylor
Career
CollegeAugusta State University
Turned professional1999
Current tour(s)PGA Tour
Former tour(s)Web.com Tour
Professional wins8
Highest ranking37 (April 15, 2007)[1]
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour3
Korn Ferry Tour1
Other4
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentT10: 2007
PGA ChampionshipT28: 2005
U.S. OpenCUT: 1998, 2007
The Open ChampionshipT66: 2006

Born in Roanoke, Virginia, Taylor was raised in Augusta, Georgia, from infancy. After attending Hephzibah High School,[2] he played golf for Augusta State University where he was an honorable mention All-American his senior season. He continues to reside in the Augusta area with his wife, Leot.

Taylor turned professional in 1999. He played his early years on the Hooters and Nationwide Tours, getting valuable experience before playing his first full year with a PGA Tour card in 2004. He won four times on the NGA Hooters Tour, and once on the Nationwide Tour at the Knoxville Open. Taylor has three victories to his name on the PGA Tour; his first two victories coming in consecutive years at the Reno-Tahoe Open, an alternate event, in 2004 and 2005. His victory in 2004 was one of five wins by rookies that year and came after holing an 11-foot birdie on the first extra hole during a four-man sudden-death playoff. He had also previously had to sink a 14-foot birdie putt on the final hole of regulation play to make it into the playoff. In 2005, he led the event wire-to-wire and held a six-stroke advantage entering the final round, to claim a comfortable victory by three strokes from Jonathan Kaye.

After a year that included a career high six top-10s, Taylor qualified to play on the U.S. Ryder Cup team for the first time in 2006. He earned a half point for his team with a record of 0–1–1.

Taylor's highest world ranking was 37th in 2007 and career high in the FedEx Cup placing was 35th in 2010.

Taylor started the 2015-16 season playing on both the PGA Tour and Web.com Tour, having only past champion status on the PGA Tour after finishing 151st in the FedEx Cup, just a fraction of a point from conditional status. He made two starts on the PGA Tour before making two starts on the Web.com Tour, where he missed the cut in Panama and withdrew due to illness in Colombia. In February 2016, Taylor won the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, his first PGA Tour win since August 2005.[3] He started the week as first alternate, only earning entry after Carl Pettersson withdrew, and had not been fully exempt since 2012. The win was also Taylor's first at a non-alternate event and moved him from 447th in the world to 100th.[4]

Professional wins (8)

PGA Tour wins (3)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
1 Aug 22, 2004 Reno–Tahoe Open −10 (67-67-69-75=278) Playoff Stephen Allan, Hunter Mahan,
Scott McCarron
2 Aug 21, 2005 Reno–Tahoe Open (2) −21 (64-67-64-72=267) 3 strokes Jonathan Kaye
3 Feb 14, 2016 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am −17 (70-68-67-65=270) 1 stroke Phil Mickelson

PGA Tour playoff record (1–2)

No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result
1 2004 Reno–Tahoe Open Stephen Allan, Hunter Mahan,
Scott McCarron		 Won with birdie on first extra hole
2 2009 Turning Stone Resort Championship Matt Kuchar Lost to par on sixth extra hole
3 2010 Shell Houston Open Anthony Kim Lost to par on first extra hole

Nationwide Tour wins (1)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
1 Jun 29, 2003 Knoxville Open −20 (68-69-67-64=268) Playoff Joe Ogilvie

Nationwide Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2003 Knoxville Open Joe Ogilvie Won with birdie on first extra hole

Other wins (4)

Results in major championships
Tournament19981999
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open CUT
The Open Championship
PGA Championship
Tournament2000200120022003200420052006200720082009
Masters Tournament CUT T10 CUT
U.S. Open CUT
The Open Championship T66 CUT
PGA Championship T28 CUT CUT CUT
Tournament 2010201120122013201420152016
Masters Tournament CUT
U.S. Open
The Open Championship
PGA Championship CUT T33
  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place.

Summary
TournamentWins2nd3rdTop-5Top-10Top-25EventsCuts made
Masters Tournament00001141
U.S. Open00000020
The Open Championship00000021
PGA Championship00000062
Totals000011144
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 1 (four times, current)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 1

Results in The Players Championship
Tournament 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
The Players Championship T32 T8 CUT CUT CUT CUT CUT CUT CUT CUT T41
  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Results in World Golf Championships

Results not in chronological order prior to 2015.

Tournament200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016
Championship T32
Match Play
Invitational T18 T61 T27 T38
Champions
  Did not play

"T" = tied
Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.

U.S. national team appearances

See also

References
  1. "Week 15 2007 Ending 15 Apr 2007" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
  2. "Vaughn Taylor profile". PGA Tour. Retrieved July 2, 2014.
  3. "Vaughn Taylor wins Pebble Beach as Phil Mickelson lips out putt on 18". ESPN. Associated Press. February 15, 2016.
  4. "Schwartzel Strolls To Tshwane Victory". OWGR. February 15, 2016.
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